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War service: Egypt, Western Front

Admitted to Convalescent Home, Ras el Tin, 19 October 1915 (dyspepsia); discharged to Australian Base, 15 November 1915.

Admitted to Choubra Military Isolation Hospital, 24 March 1916; discharged to duty, 29 March 1916; transferred to 3rd Australian General Hospital, 12 June 1916; embarked for England from Alexandria on board HS 'Maheno', 30 Jubne 1916 (post-typhoid debility); admitted to 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth, 3 July 1916. Marched out to Ludgers Hall, 16 August 1916; proceeded on furlough, 14 September 1916; marched in to Command Depot, Perham Downs, from furlough, 27 October 1916; marched out to Cobham Hall Convalescent Home, 22 November 1916; marched out to Australian Army Medical Corps Training Depot, Parkhouse, 9 April 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 1 June 1917; taken on strength, 3rd Field Ambulance, in the field, 8 June 1917.

Admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance, 1 August 1917 (gastritis); transferred to 35th General Hospital, Calais, 2 August 1917; to England, 4 August 1917, and admitted same day to 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth (enteritis). Transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 29 August 1917 (gastritis); discharged on furlough, 19 September 1917, to report to Dartford Depot, 3 October 1917.

Employed with YMCA without pay or allowances for 4 months from 28 December 1917; leave extended from 28 April to 31 December 1918.

Admitted to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, 16 May 1918 (persistent abdominal pain); discharged to duty, 28 May 1918.

Married Elizabeth Georgina GRAY, spinster, aged 20, The Presbyterian Church, Regent Square, London, 23 December 1918.

Extension of leave without pay or allowances granted until 30 April 1919.

Granted leave (Non-Military Empoyment) with pay and subs, 7 May-16 August 1919, to attend fruit grading and handling, Covent Garden. Granted indefinite leave, 16 September 1919, pending return to Australia.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Benalla' (Red Cross representative; appointed Sergeant for voyage only), 8 October 1919; disembarked Adelaide, 22 November 1919; discharged, Adelaide, 30 January 1920.